Bonjour from France

[austin]

Hi,

I'm a 45yo' watches enthusiast.

I had my days, a collection (mostly swiss watches), then I sold everything but an oyster perpetual.

I've had many Seiko's in the past, 1 Grand Seiko, but sold them all years ago.

In 2019, I was about to buy a Bullhead from Citizen, the Brad Pitt's, but there are so many aftermarket dials/hands/case now, that I deciced to pass.

But 2 month ago, I saw this :

 

Bought it.

A month later, I bought a second King Seiko, one with the date and Kanji days.

And just after christmas, my father asked me to sell its old 1983 seiko chronograph, as he's not wearing it anymore.

7A28-7020. No need to say I won't sell it.

Bought countless straps...leather, crocodile, canvas, tweed (still waiting).

Few buckles...few parts from Adrian on ebay.

I'm looking for a King Seiko bracelet, but those are so expensive, and not that nice, I'm not in a hurry for that.

My top priority now, is to find a third KS...one with no date, and manual winding. Ref 45-7000, or 45-7001.

And that's why I arrived here. As I'm trying to secure replacement cristals for each one (which is pretty hard)... I clicked on bigv86's links.

Cheers

[bbr6704]

Bienvenue!

C'est vrai qu'elles sont magnifiques ces King Seiko! 

Et le chrono est très chouette lui aussi.

C'est marrant, à y repenser, j'ai offert 2 montres à mes parents, pour Noël 2014 de mémoire, et j'ai pris 2 Seiko, faut croire que quand on est mordu...

[bbr6704]

Sorry for the non french reader for my previous message...

I said, those King Seikos are very nice watches!

And the chrono is very nice too!

It reminds me that some years ago, for Christmas 2014 I think, I offered 2 watches, one to my father, and one to my mother, and guess what, they were 2 Seikos! When you love a brand...

[cd_god]